单词 | misaffirm |
释义 | misaffirmv. Now rare. Perhaps Obsolete. transitive. To affirm wrongly or falsely. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [verb (transitive)] > wrongly or falsely misaffirma1631 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > assert falsely [verb (transitive)] feigna1300 liea1300 pretend1395 belie1561 misallege1566 pretence1567 perjurea1586 soothe1591 falsify1606 mislaya1626 misaffirma1631 a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. i. §2 They mis-affirme that this act alwaies proceeds from desperation. 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης Pref. sig. Bv By onely remembring them the truth of what they themselves know to be heer missaffirmd. 1844 Ladies' Repository Jan. 30/1 Whatever conclusions men may reach on the subject of Christ's advent—whatever they may infer from the aspects of the heavens, they should not mis-affirm in regard to facts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1631 |
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